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Holiday spotlights. Audience favorites. New releases. The editor's quiet picks.

Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah — traditional Hanukkah folk melody, arranged and adapted by Walter J. Kin (RIGLI), Russian lyrics by Gogol Prize laureate Olga Anikina. The modern Hanukkah singalong every parent has been looking for. Read the story →

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Holiday Spotlight · Shavuot 5786

Shavuot — Giving of the Torah.

May 22–24, 2026 (6–7 Sivan). The harvest of first fruits, the giving of the Torah at Sinai, the story of Ruth. Songs of vow, ascent, and quiet covenant.

Come My Beloved
Sacred · Lecha Dodi
Come My Beloved
The 16th-century Kabbalat Shabbat hymn welcoming the Sabbath bride — a covenant song fitting the Shavuot marriage of Israel and the Torah.
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Hatikvah
In Russian · National hope
Hatikvah / Надежда
Naftali Herz Imber's 1878 poem of return — re-imagined in Russian by Olga Anikina. Shavuot is the festival of arrival; Hatikvah is the song of getting there.
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Hevenu Shalom Aleichem
In English · Children
Step by Step
An English children's setting of «Hevenu Shalom Aleichem» — the song of peace and blessing. For families teaching the youngest about Shavuot.
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Alevai (If Only)
In English · Jewish The Musical
Alevai (If Only)
A wishing-song. English by Walter J. Kin, adapted from Olga Anikina's Russian. «Alevai» is the Yiddish prayer-wish for «may it be so» — Shavuot's voice of yearning and covenant.
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Most Popular · @RigliMusic

What the world is listening to.

The three most-streamed songs from our YouTube channel right now — across 20+ listener nationalities and 12M+ organic plays.

Hava Nagila
In Russian · Most-streamed
Hava Nagila / Хава Нагила
The 1918 Idelsohn arrangement, re-set in Russian by Olga Anikina. The cornerstone of the catalog and the project's most-played track.
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We Are Sisters We Are Brothers
In English · Anthem
We Are Sisters We Are Brothers
An English adaptation of Morris Winchevsky's 1880s Yiddish workers' anthem «Ale Brider» — universal kinship, sung simply.
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Seven Forty
In Russian · Folk classic
Seven Forty / 7:40
The Odessa freylekhs that became a Russian-Jewish folk standard. Anikina restored the lost lyric and dignified the dance.
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New Releases · 2026

Fresh out of the studio.

The most recent additions to the catalog — re-mastered versions, new English adaptations, and original compositions.

Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
In English · Walter J. Kin
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
New music by Walter J. Kin, English lyrics adapted from Olga Anikina, performed by Riglis Band. The festival of lights in fresh arrangement.
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We Are Sisters We Are Brothers
In English · Remastered
We Are Sisters We Are Brothers
New English remaster of Ale Brider — with lyrics-on-screen video for sing-along use in classrooms and family gatherings.
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For Kids · Always

Songs for the youngest listeners.

Children's adaptations — simple melodies, clear words, no demanding range. For Hebrew schools, Shabbat tables, and family afternoons.

Step by Step
In English · Ages 5–10
Step by Step
«Hevenu Shalom Aleichem» as a step-counting song — peace arrives one step at a time. Perfect for Shabbat openers in any classroom.
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Dreidl
In Russian · Ages 5–10
Dreidl / Дрейдл
The Hanukkah spinning-top song, re-imagined in Russian by Olga Anikina. A children's song that adults rediscover too.
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Editor's Pick · Walter J. Kin

What the producer is hearing.

A monthly note from the editor — songs that have stayed with me, songs I want others to find.

Come My Beloved
Sacred · Editor's note
Come My Beloved
The English Lecha Dodi I keep returning to — written so a child can sing it but a grown person can mean it. The Sabbath bride in plain English.
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Tango Auschwitz
In Russian · Editor's note
Tango Auschwitz
The hardest song I've ever produced. From the testimony of the camp orchestra. Sung quietly, as it should be.
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Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
In English · Editor's note
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
A song I had to write myself — the English Hanukkah every parent has been looking for. Joy first, theology second.
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Always · Songs of Remembrance

For Yom HaShoah, and every other day.

Four songs of the Holocaust cycle — testimony in melody. Promoted to top of page during Yom HaShoah (April) and International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27). Available always.

Tango Auschwitz
In Russian · Holocaust cycle
Tango Auschwitz
From the testimony of the camp orchestra — a tango carried inside the wire.
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Friling
In Russian · Holocaust cycle
Friling / Весна
Shmerke Kaczerginski's 1943 Vilna Ghetto song — spring as elegy, and as testimony.
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Witness — Children
In Russian · Holocaust cycle
Witness — Children
A children's voice over the catastrophe — direct, unprotected, and irrefutable.
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Isrolik
In Russian · Holocaust cycle
Isrolik
Leyb Rozental's 1942 Vilna Ghetto orphan-song — survival in the streets, dignity in the verse.
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